Syria

The wave of violence that has killed hundreds of civilians across Syria reached the major cities of Damascus and Aleppo on Monday, hours after interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed to bring those responsible to justice. The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo marked the…

At least 973 civilians, including women and children, have been killed in Syria in recent days as forces of the new administration seek to crush loyalists of former President Bashar al-Assad, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The Syrian defense ministry announced the end of military operations,…

In Tunisia, snails inch toward replacing red meat as people turn to cheaper protein Snails have been consumed in Tunisia for more than seven millenia Low in fat and high in iron, calcium and magnesium, snails offer both nutritional value and economic relief AKOUDA, Tunisia: In fields outside their hometown…

As sectarian tensions rise in Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime, a minority sect fears for its future amid calls for mass slaughter. The feeling is a new one for the Alawites, a group that was powerful and influential during the dictator's rule. Subscribe to The Week Escape…

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World / January 15, 2025 NATO ally Turkey has emerged as the dominant state power in a new Syria, and is seeking to press its advantage by bombing and occupying more Kurdish territory. Mourners attend the funeral in Qamishly of two Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces fighters, killed days earlier in…

British Col. Richard Kemp in Gaza yesterday with IDF Maj.-Gen. Yossi Bachar (left) and Maj.-Gen. Itai Veruv. Both fought Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7. (Photo: Richard Kemp/Instagram) British military veteran Col. Richard Kemp, who is a strong advocate of Israel, revealed on Monday his name was found…

Syria’s economy is in a bad state, to put it very mildly. Not only has the Middle Eastern nation been battered by over a decade of war, the Assad regime, which has been in power since 1971, has now been overthrown by a jihadist group. The conflict, which began in…

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